Female toads inflate to avoid sex

[kpete]

Female toads inflate to avoid sex
Cane toads (Ben Phillips)
Male toads grasp any female that comes within reach


When it comes to choosing a mate, female toads may have more control than previously thought, say scientists.

A report in the Royal Society's Biology Letters journal describes how a female cane toad inflates its body to prevent an amorous male from mating with it.

This makes it difficult for the male toad to "hold on".

Male toads often wrestle with each other in an effort to grasp a mate. By inflating, a female can influence the outcome of such a competition.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8443771.stm

[Bluebear]

1. Not tonight, I'm three times my normal size.

[d_b]

4. lawlz

[bigwillq]

6. Love your sig pic.

:thumbsup:

[d_b]

16. you a shogun fan?

[bigwillq]

17. I think he's cool.

I watch some UFC. I watch when I can. I usually work most Saturday nights when the specials are on, btu I try and catch it when I can.

[d_b]

20. Right on

Not a lot of MMA fans around these parts. In fact, Wetzelbill is the only other DU'er I know who follows it.

Come UFC's next card you'll have to stop by the sports forum and BS with us :D

[GreenStormCloud]

2. Female selection from available males is a standard part of evolution. N/T

[cherokeeprogressive]

3. So THAT'S where the term "blow up like a toad" comes from...

I always wondered. I think I heard it first from my Great-Grandfather. He was describing someone pouting about something...

[Land Shark]

5. Where's the followup story about the most obese states in the union? and...

if everyone gains weight, will that protect us from corporate insurance mandates?

[mike_c]

7. that SO reminds me of an old girlfriend....

:hide:

[rug]

8. That would do it.

[rug]

9. That would do it.

[sendero]

10. Just like..

... some wives.

[corpseratemedia]

11. "Male toads grasp any female that comes within reach"

of course they do:P

[HopeHoops]

12. Some women do that after marriage. Mine didn't.

Don't get defensive here. There's a VERY old cartoon of a woman in a wedding dress throwing the bouquet and yelling "GOOD BYE DIETING!" My grandmother showed it to me and thought it was hilarious. She also had a cartoon of two old women at the beach, one in a single-piece and the other in a bikini with her tits hanging down to her belly button saying, "So I said 'what the hell' and got out the old bikini."

[seabeyond]

18. ya, and some husbands gain more than those some women. mine didnt. nt

[HopeHoops]

25. Yeah, well that would be me.

I'm not "fat", but definitely heavier than when I got married.

[tonysam]

13. I can't blame them.

After all, how many princes does one have to kiss in order to finally get a toad?

[Kahuna]

14. Female kahuna, has been known to do that too.

:shrug:

[spanone]

15. i knew it!

[Socal31]

19. Nothing that a little beer cant solve.

[markbark]

21. Hmmmm

Female toads inflate to avoid sex.
Can we insert a freeper joke about how the only way they can GET sex is with inflatable women?

--MAB

[Beetwasher]

22. I Hate When That Happens

n/t

[doc03]

23. So does this explain why many women pack it on

once they get married? Well I guess the same thing usually happens to men.

[aikoaiko]

24. Behold the power of sexual selection.....

Yet, another great insight from Darwin.